With the anime I watch nowadays, dubs vs. subs isn't an issue because I watch fansubs of stuff coming from Japan. There are no dubs. Maybe you and your friends can try that too and participate in shit-flinging threads along with the rest of us.

I know how butthurt people can get over missing something in a list of approbal especially with dubs so keep in mind this is only what I've actually watched, anyone feel free to expand or give their two cents.

>>101001143
Same for the west. There will always be dubfags, but I'm sure the real Kenichi Smiths out there will always be partial to Hank Azaria and Dan Castanella the same way we are to Wakamoto and what not.

>>101001216
Something you'll learn very quickly, if you act or know actors or work with actors or learned anything about acting, is that any performance is NEVER just the actor in question. The directors and the writers and the sound guys and all the editors and what not, they're just as instrumental as the guy saying the lines. An actor might be amazing in show 1 with great direction, but in show 2 he falls flat. This is especially prominent in anime dubbing, seeing how fast dubs are rushed out and how little pre-production, rehearsal, and input from the original creators they have.

>>100998122>have bestest closest friend>"let's watch this movie i heard of it yo">"yeah bro aight">it was evangelion 1.11
now he's deathly afraid of watching anime in general
it doesn't help that we watched 2.22 when it was on toonamiHe actually liked it but he didn't like how confused he was for a few days after watching it.

>>101001421>The plane was coming towards the building, it was at least 100ft long. Mr. Ken Smith was ashamed with himself, he should have anticipated this, if he did the burgers would be far away by now. "Sorry bro, my bad", he took his concealed carry Colt 45 and dual wielded with the gun and his 7-11 Big Gulp® . As he ran towards the passenger jet trying to stop it, he uttered his last words. "Thanks, Mema, Pepa, for letting me crash at your place" The plane is coming closer. A shout is heard; "God bless America!"

>>101001755>And this is coming from someone who used to have that 'dubs are all shitty' mindset for years. I still stick to subs most of the time but that's because dubs don't exist for those shows yet.

>>101002111
Subs are not inherently superior, but most English dubs in anime have bad acting and bad directing. There are exceptions, most notably in high budget shit like Miyazaki movies, but the Japanese VAs are almost always better.

>>101002217
This is the biggest issue. Plenty of people enjoy dubs. I know I do sometimes, even if I shit on people who say how much they love dubs.

It's more an issue that people who watch a lot of dubs, or are huge dub advocates, are casuals or newshits who haven't seen much anime and so latch onto the most accessible form. No one likes that, and /a/, being polar as usual, obviously has to reject all dubs as a result.

Some dubs can be fun, though I'd say the original is almost always undeniably better. It's fine to enjoy them, just lurk more instead of posting them on /a/.

>>101002906
The bit where he tells her he loves her. In the original, it's this grand build-up to a single syllable (actually, I think it's two syllables, but nonethless very brief - "suki"), whereas in the dub it's a clunky 3 syllables - "I love you". Causes it to completely lose its impact, in my opinion.

>>101000205
Honestly the only part of the Haruhi dub I didn't like was Haruhi herself. But that's understandable given that they had to follow up Hirano and her singing. All the other characters were pretty spot-on, especially Kyon, Yuki, and Mikuru.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much attention to detail Funimation put into the dub. For instance, Naota's dad's wordplay was kept totally intact and it helps his voice actor suited him. I also liked Commandar Amarao, he had good range in the dub able to sound serious when needed to and still played the comedically freaking out parts perfectly.

>>101003441>I was pleasantly surprised by how much attention to detail Funimation put into the dub. For instance, Naota's dad's wordplay was kept totally intact and it helps his voice actor suited him. I also liked Commandar Amarao, he had good range in the dub able to sound serious when needed to and still played the comedically freaking out parts perfectly.

If you're having to judge something by how closely they resembled the original, why not just watch the original?

>>100998122
Have him watch an anime he's never seen before in Japanese, them have him listen to the dub. That'll change him mind REALLY quick. Make sure it's dubbed by Fuckupmation. That will GUARANTEE he'll never want to listen to dubs again.

>>101004034
You can do that with subtitles too, provided an IQ above 75.

Seriously, most action scenes have little dialogue to begin with, and it's not like reading subtitles gets in the way. You look down for maybe a tenth of a second, and then back to the action. It's certainly not a conscious action once you get used to it. It bothered me when I was new to anime, but after a while you get acclimated.

>>101003441>>I was pleasantly surprised by how much attention to detail Funimation put into the dub.

Funimation didn't do the FLCL dub. Synch-Point originally released back in the day in $30-for-2-episodes DVDs. I think Bang-Zoom did the dub for it.
Funimation re-released it after Synch-Point shutdown years ago.

>>100998122
You negotiate for a compromise or a win, or failing that you put on shows without dubs (eg Jojo). Dub-only watchers are the biggest joke around, if only because they're depriving themselves of choices.

I don't get how people prefer subs if they don't know Japanese.
Horrible grating voices of Jap women. I don't hear any emotion, might as well be someone bashing a bird's cage. The English dubs might all be monotone, bored, and going out of the way to mispronounce as many things as possible, but at least I know they use words.

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>>101004326
Many people watch dubs because they have not gotten used to reading that quickly while watching.
I moved when I was young so I got used to subs at a relatively young age. Nevertheless doesn't change the fact that most dubs suck because they are just poorly executed and produced.